Mounting means for bag frame hardware



July 16, 1963 M. E. PAYNOR MOUNTING MEANS FOR BAG FRAME HARDWARE Filed Sept. 18, 1961 IN VEN'TOR.

E. PAYNOR MELVIN ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,097,678 MOUNTING MEANS FOR BAG FRAME HARDWARE Melvin E. Paynor, Providence, R.I., assignor to Fulford Manufacturing Company, a corporation of Rhode Island Filed Sept. 18, 1961, Ser. N 138,648 4 Claims. (Cl. 150-28) Heretofore, in the use of a metal bag frame closure, the

hardware such for instance as the clasp or the bails which are used for attachment of the handle have been metal and have been secured to the metal frame prior to the covering of the frame with the leather or material of the bag. This mounting of this bag frame hardware on the frame prior to the covering of the frame necessitated a hand operation in applying the covering to the frame. It required splitting of the covering material at the correct location and the positioning of the covering material over the metallic frame carefully so as not to further rupture the covering at the split area and then the careful cementing of the covering in place on either side of the hardware which had previously been mounted on the bag frame. This was all time consuming and expensive.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide for the mounting of the bag hardware on a frame after the covering has been applied to the frame.

Another object of the invention is to provide a means for securing the bag hardware to the frame after the covering is applied by a means which will not require the rupturing or splitting in any way of the bag frame covering.

Another object of the invention to apply the bag frame hardware by use of a clamp and simple clamping action about the covering frame with the particular form of hardware which is to be applied mounted on the clamp.

Another object of the invention is to assist in securing the frame covering about the frame.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective View of a bag having a closure frame equipped with this invention;

FIGURE 2 is an exploded view partially in section illustrating one section of the bag frame in section and the clamp as positioned in proximity thereto before the clamp with its hardware mounted thereon is secured in position;

FIGURE 3 is a view similar to FIGURE 2 after the clamp is secured in position;

FIGURE 4 is a fragmental plan view of the bag frame with the clamp assembled on one section;

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the clamp alone with a clasp mounted thereon;

FIGURE 6 is an end view of the clasp alone.

In proceeding with this invention, I have utilized the usual bag frame or closure formed in two sections, each of which is channel shaped in cross section, and I have covered each of these sections with the covering material such as the material of which the bag is formed prior to 'tions 14 and 15 without rupture, holes or breaks.

the assembly of any bag hardware thereon. Pieces of hardware to be mounted are then secured to :a clamp and the clamp is positioned over the covering material by forcing the side walls or legs of the clamp toward each other, the clamp being of such material as to thickness and temper as to remain in the position to which the legs are forced, so as to be assembled at the desired location on the bag frame section although without in any way contacting the metal of the bag frame.

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates a bag of the womans handbag type which has a frame 11 used as a closure therefor. A handle 12 is shown as assembled with the frame as is also a clasp 13.

The bag frame 11 is formed of two sections 14 and 15, each of which is of generally U-shape and of channel shape in cross section. The U-shape sections are pivoted together at their ends as at 16. Each of the frame sections 14 and 915 which are of channel shape in cross section have an inner wall 17 and an outer wall 18 as shown for the frame section 14 in FIGURE 2. These walls are connected by a bridge wall 19. Between these walls the edge 20 of the bag material 10 is positioned and is held by friction by forcing the bag material edge in between the side walls 17 and 18 so as to be there held by friction or possibly with the addition of an adhesive. A lining 21 may also be forced in between the walls 17 and the material 20 to be also there held by friction.

I have illustrated in this showing the bag material 10 being leather, and the same material 22 is utilized for covering each bag frame section by cementing the covering to the outer surface of the walls 17, 18 and 19. This covering is applied from end to end of the U-shaped sec- It may extend slightly under the lower edge of each of the side walls 17 and 18. The covering is complete and uninterrupted and is thus of a structure which may be put on by machine.

To the bag frame sections or to one of them, the bag hardware is secured. The securing in this instance is by means of clamps, there being several clamps used for mounting the various pieces of hardware on the bag frame sections. In FIGURES 2 and 4 one of these clamps, designated generally 25, is shown as comprising a bridge portion 26 with legs 27 and 28 extending downwardly from this bridge portion 26. These legs are each provided at their lower edge with flanges 29 and 30 which as may be seen in FIGURES 2 to 5 are tapered so as to provide a chisel edge such as 31 (see FIGURE 5). Initially legs 27 and 28 of the clamp are spaced apart so that the distance between the flanges is such that the clamp may be readily positioned over the covered frame section. Thus, it will be apparent that the space between the edges of the flanges 29 and 30 in FIGURE 2 is such that it may be readily positioned over the frame section 14. When so positioned over the frame section, the legs 27 and 28 are forced inwardly causing each of these legs 27 and 28 to bend so that the legs become generally parallel in their final position as shown in FIGURE 3, with their flanges 29 and 38 extending inwardly beneath the free edges of the walls 17 and 18 so as to assist in binding the covering material 22 about the metal frame sections 17, 18 and 21. In so forcing together the legs 27 and 28, they will be caused to press inwardly on the nonmetallic covering material 22 as at 43 (see FIGURE 4) so as to indent the material, and in most instances the indenting will be such that the outer surfaces of the legs will be substantially flush with the uncompressed nonmetallic material 22 on either side thereof as at 44, and this is of importance on the inner surface of each of the sections to which the clamp is applied as it is the inner surfaces of the sections 14 and 15 which contact to form a tight closure and were it not for this indenting, these sections would not assume the same tightness of closure as they would where indenting occurs. This indenting is shown in FIGURE 4. The material of the clamp is of such thickness and temper as to bend to its clamp position and stay in that position of clamping Without springing loose after the applying pressure is released.

The clamp 25 serves as a base for the mounting of such items of bag hardware as may be necessary to complete the bag. In the showings in FIGURES 2 and 3, I have illustrated a tube 35 :as secured to the bridge portion 26 of the clamp, and through this tube there may be a bail 36 positioned so that the ends 37 of the bag handle 12 may be positioned in this loop and suitably secured in a usual manner. It will be apparent that the eye or tube 35 is offset as seen in FIGURES 2 and 3 so that the bag handle will be centrally positioned of the bag when both frame sections are closed.

In another instance this clamp 25 as shown in FIG- URES 5 and 6 is equipped with a clasp 38 being positioned by securing the shank 39 to the bridge portion 26 of the clasp and ofisetting the knob 40 at the free raised end of the shank. In this case one of these clamps will be positioned on the section 14 and one of the clamps positioned on the section 15 so that combined they will provide the clasp 13 for opening or clasping the sections of frame as desired. In this case both of the clamps will be indented into the covering material of the sections 14 and 15 so as to lie substantially flush along the inner surface of these sections that a snug closure may be had between the sections in an abutting relation.

I claim:

1. In a bag, a closure frame comprising two sections hinged together, each in substantially the shape of a U and of channel shaped cross section with spaced inner and outer walls connected by a bridge portion for receiving through their free edges the edges of the 'bag to be closed, a nonmetallic material covering the outer surface of the two hinged sections, a clamp of channel shape in cross section having a bridge portion and legs extending therefrom snugly frictionally embracing said covering along a portion of the length of one of said sections to attach itself thereto and an item of bag hardware attached to the bridge portion of said clamp.

2. In a bag, a closure frame comprising two sections hinged together, each in substantially the shape of a U and of channel shaped cross section with spaced inner and outer walls connected by a bridge portion for receiving through their free edges the edges of the bag to be closed, a nonmetallic material covering the outer surface of the two hinged sections, a clamp of channel shape in cross section having a bridge portion and legs extending therefrom with inturned flanges at their ends snugly frictionally embracing said covering along a portion of the length of one of said sections to attach itself thereto with the legs of a dimension to cause the flanges to extend inwardly at a point beyond the free edges of the inner and outer walls of the sections.

3. In a bag as in claim 1 wherein the clamp is of metal of a thickness and temper to remain in a position to which it is bent upon forcing the legs against said cover.

4. In a bag as in claim 1 wherein the legs of the clamp are indented into the covering on the frame section.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 351,644 McGill Oct. 26, 1886 1,919,333 Karron July 25, 1933 2,106,408 Hiering Jan. 25, 1938 2,131,435 Horwitz et al Sept. 27, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS 802,229 France June 6, 1936 

1. IN A BAG, A CLOSURE FRAME COMPRISING TWO SECTIONS HINGED TOGETHER, EACH IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SHAPE OF A U AND OF CHANNEL SHAPED CROSS SECTION WITH SPACED INNER AND OUTER WALLS CONNECTED BY A BRIDGE PORTION FOR RECEIVING THROUGH THEIR FREE EDGES THE EDGES OF THE BAG TO BE CLOSED, A NONMETALLIC MATERIAL COVERING THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE TWO HINGED SECTIONS, A CLAMP OF CHANNEL SHAPE IN CROSS SECTION HAVING A BRIDGE PORTION AND LEGS EXTENDING THEREFORM SNUGLY FRICTIONALLY EMBRACING SAID COVERING ALONG A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF ONE OF SAID SECTIONS TO ATTACH ITSELF THERETO AND AN ITEM OF BAG HARDWARE ATTACHED TO THE BRIDGE PORTION OF SAID CLAMP. 